Definition of fleshy

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Fleshy (superl.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants..

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Fat :: Fat (superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox..
Issue :: Issue (n.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part..
Chops :: Chops (n. pl.) The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth..
Beefy :: Beefy (a.) Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.
Fat :: Fat (a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep..
Uncarnate :: Uncarnate (a.) Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate..
Purslane :: Purslane (n.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling..
Tongue-shaped :: Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf..
Calf :: Calf (n.) The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
Sorosis :: Sorosis (n.) A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple..
Carditis :: Carditis (n.) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.
Turnip :: Turnip (v. t.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself..
Chaps :: Chaps (n. pl.) The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap..
Laminitis :: Laminitis (n.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.
Blite :: Blite (n.) A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite.
Deer's-tongue :: Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.
Penguin :: Penguin (n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges..
Nasturtium :: Nasturtium (n.) Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads..
Bean Caper :: Bean caper () A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum..
Roseroot :: Roseroot (n.) A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.
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